For the Loving Lover in You

"All lovers live by longing, and endure; summon a vision and declare it pure." --Theodore Roethke

"Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child." --Buddha

"There is seemingly so little love shared in this world, it is not surprising that we ask, 'Where have all the lovers gone?' Since love is the most vital energy for good that is within our power to utilize, it is puzzling why we seldom do so." --Leo F. Buscaglia

"The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out." --James Arthur Baldwin


Yeah, I know love can seem like a cheesy subject sometimes, but find one person that doesn't believe in it and I'll show you a lonely soul... I know how it feels because I've been there, but in the end one inevitably finds love is everywhere and it can only be ignored or resented for so long before one realizes that it is simply loving life itself that is love. There is no other purpose, for love or life, but to love life.

The meaning of "Love"? To find meaning in life. Every single solitary (but never isolated) minute aspect of living is essentially meaningful, because love is the universal adhesive that binds everything together as a whole. Love is the magic and mystery of it all, the unseen essential...and a True Lover is one who is in touch with this Greater Harmony.

Substitute "Art" for "Love" (artist as lover) and it's all the same. Art is just the expression of passion, which is the expression of love. Art and love are interchangeable. Two lovers passionately kissing in the timespacelessness of the moment is equal to a painter making love from canvas and oils or a poet scribbling a lyrical gem on a napkin...it's the blissful return to the connection that unites one with all in love and art.

Well, that's my take on it anyway. Not to take away from all the magic and mystery of it all, I'm just trying to gather my thoughts on Love. I know it seems to go against the stereotypical "True Love" theory that gets tossed about in every realm of entertainment, but my understanding is that love is greater than just a simple duality, it is more than a neverending quest for the perfect "soulmate". Love seems to me to be beyond all human beliefs about it, defying definition yet remaining undeniable.